"Is this the 'Mirror World' you mentioned, hidden in the gap between the Spirit World and reality?"
Helene cautiously asked as she looked at the island that had suddenly appeared ahead of the bow, the surrounding waters that were clearly different from before, and the vast sheet of ice beneath the Red Haired Woman, seemingly just below the sea's surface.
"Actually... hmm, more or less. This is the Mirror World."
Angel had intended to explain the difference between the usual Mirror World and this special world, but she figured that knowledge would not be particularly useful to a Hunter. So she went along with Helene's understanding and nodded in agreement.
She also leaned out to look at the "ice" beneath the sea, realizing that reality and the Mirror World must have been on opposite sides of this mirror, with the sea's surface as their boundary.
Judging by their surroundings, this world—with its gentle breeze, seawater lapping against the hull and the island's shoreline ahead, and even the faint cries of seabirds—seemed more "real." The region of thick fog on the other side, by contrast, seemed as false and lacking in detail as a reflection in a mirror.
At that moment, she recalled what Will Auceptin had once mentioned about the secret behind an Unaging Demoness's resurrection. There were rumors that an Unaging Demoness hid her true body in the Mirror World, leaving a mirror substitute in reality to perform every action in her place.
As long as the true body remained alive, the substitutes outside could die any number of times. This was the greatest secret behind why Unaging Demonesses were so difficult to kill.
*That sounds a lot like the island where the Fountain of Youth is located... its true form is in a Special Mirror World, while all